Tahera Ahmad was in tears during a flight from Chicago to Washington. The reason? A can of soda that she says exposes just how present Islamophobia is in everyday life in the United States. The 31-year-old Muslim chaplain at Northwestern University had asked for an unopened can of Diet Coke for “hygienic reasons.” The flight attendant said no, and Ahmad insisted. “Well I’m sorry I just can’t give you an unopened can so no Diet Coke for you,” she was reportedly told, according to a Facebook post that quickly went viral.